Manufacture of fabrics and the like with beaded or similar decoration



Feb. 20, 1945. I H. FREIBERG MANUFACTURE OF FABRICS AND THE LIKE WITHBEADED OR SIMILAR DECORATION Z'Sh eetS-Sheet 1 Filed March 14, 1944HENRY FREIBERC INVENTOR Feb. 20, 1945. FRElBERG 2,370,028

MANUFACTURE OF FABRICS AND THE LIKE WITH BEADED OR SIMILAR DECORATIONFiled March 14, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 HENRY Free/Bree /NYENTOR 5 012; jczz'n, Mlma Patented Feb. 20, 1945 MANUFACTURE OF FABRICS AND THE LIKEWITH BEADED OR SIMILAR DECORATION Henry Freiberg, London, England,assignor of one-half to Samuel Freiberg, London, England ApplicationMarch 14, 1944, Serial No. 526,456 In Great Britain May 18, 1943 4Claims. (CI. 41-34) This invention is for improvements in or relating tothe manufacture of ornamented fabrics and the like with beaded orsimilar decoration. The term fabric or the like as used in thisspecification includes textile or knitted fabrics of silk, rayon,cotton, wool or mixtures of fibres, or any fibrous materials used indress-making, or leather, artificial leather, wood, paper, or cardboardand in short any material which has a fibrous structure and which can beobtained in sheet form.

It is an object of the present invention to.

achieve decorative effects by the employment of settings; as hereinafterdefined, to receive-a liquid or pasty natural or synthetic resinouscomposition which is thereafter allowed or caused to set.

By the term setting as used in this specification is meant a devicewhich while encircling th resinous composition is open not only upon theside facing away from the surface on which it lies but also upon theside which faces the said surface.

Accordingto the present invention a process for decorating the surfaceof a fabric or the like comprises applying to the fabric surface asetting, as hereinbefore defined, and applying in the setting a liquidor pasty resinous composition which is allowed or caused to set so thatthe setting and its resinous inset are firmly secured to the surface ofthe fabric or the like at least in part by the adhesion of the resinouscomposition which reaches the surface through the setting.

The resinous composition may have a basis of synthetic resin, forexample a basis of ureaformaldehyde resin. It will, however, be understood that any type of resinous material may be employed which can bebrought into the liquid or pasty condition and which will set to thesolid state under conditions which do not affect deleteriously thesetting or the material to which it is applied.

Among the materials of which the setting may be made may be mentionedmetal (e. g. in the form of sheet, tube or wire), synthetic resin,glass, wood or stiffened textile fabric.

The resinous composition may be mixed with pigments, dyes, fillers and/or a hardening agent for the resin and may be applied for example bymeans of a piping bag or other apparatus employed in the decorativeicing of cakes.

In carrying the invention into effect the setting is laid upon thesurface of the fabric or the like to be decorated and the liquid orsemiliquid resinous composition is introduced into the setting andallowed or caused to set to a hard mass, for example by heating thefabric.

The setting may be so designed that the point I of adhesion between theresin and the surface to which the setting is applied is as close aspossible to the outer edge of the setting in order to minimise thetendency of the ornament to be torn from the fabric by the catching ofits outer edges. In order that this result may be achieved anydown-turned inner edges of the setting preferably terminates above thesurface of the fabric when the setting is in position thereon so thatthe liquid or pasty resinous composition can pass under the inner edgesto form contact with the setting and the fabric at the inner edge of theouter wall of the setting.

In order to increase the adhesion between the ornament and the fabric orthe like a hole or holes may be punched through the fabric in the areato receivethe inset (or in at least one of the areas where the settingcomprises more than oneand with reference to the accompanying drawingsof methods carrying the invention into effeet.

In the drawings,

Figures 1 to 9 show in plan and on an enlarged scale various forms ofsetting and Figure 10 shows in section the setting of Figure 1 made ofsheet metal, for example, of stamping quality sheet brass.

Figure 11 shows an alternative section for a setting, e. g. of the formshown in Figure -1.-.

Figures 12and 13 show the setting of Figures 10 and 11 in place upon afabric surface and filled with the decorative resinous composition. J

Figures 14, 15, 16 and 17 show examples of pieces of fabric havingdecoration applied to them in accordance with the present invention.

From Figures 11 and 13 it will be seen that the setting is so formedthat when liquid or pasty resinous composition is placed in the settingit flows under the inner edges of the setting towards the periphery ofthe setting so as to make contact with the fabric at that point and thusto ensure the close adherence of the setting to the fabric.-

The setting is laid on the fabric to be decorated and there is appliedwithin the setting, for .example by -means of a piping bag or otherapparatus such as is employed in the decorative icing of cakes aresinous composition having a basis of urea-formaldehyde syrup andcontaining for example 10% by weight of pigment and an appropriatehardener the nature and proportion of which is such that the resinishardened within, say, an hour under the conditions employed. Theviscosity of the composition is such that it can be readily formed intodroplets which do not flow very readily after application to thesetting. After the resinous composition has been introduced into thesetting-the fabric is heated in an oven, for example at a temperature of120 F. until the resin has thoroughly hardened. The time of heating maybe varied according to the size of the insets, the nature of the resinand the hardener employed.

When the resin has thoroughly hardened the decorated fabric is ready forimmediate use and may be washed or cleaned without risk of harming thedecoration.

It will be understood that each setting may be formed to accommodateeither one or more than one resinous inset and that when it containsmore than one, at least one such inset shall secure the setting to thesurface to be decorated.

It will be further understood that in certain cases the attachment ofthe decoration to the surface of the fabric or the like may be assistedby other means, e. g. by means of a pin or pins embedded in the resinousinset or by forming part of or attached to the setting.

I claim:

1. A process for decorating a fibrous surface which process comprisesapply ns to the said surface a setting possessing at least onethroughway to the said surface. making at 'ieast one hole through thefibrous surface withinoneoftheareascoveredbyathroughwayin the setting,filling the throughways of the said setting with a viscous liquidcomprisins' a hardenable resinous composition and causing thecomposition to harden to secure the setting and its resinous inset tothe fibrous surface, partly by adherence of the resinous composition tothe fibrous surface and partly by the passage of resinous compositionthrough the hole or holes in the fibrous surface.

2. A process for decorating a fibrous surface which process comprisesapplying to the said surface a setting provided with a pin for attachingit to the said surface and possessing at least one throughway to thesaid surface, filling the throughways of said setting with a viscousliquid comprising a hardenable resinous composition and causing thecomposition to harden to secure the setting and its resinous inset tothe fibrous surface, at least in part, by the adherence of the resinouscomposition to the fiaix-ous surface within the boundaries of the set-3. A, fibrous surface decorated with a setting having at least onethroughway to the said surface, the outer end of the throughway beingfilled with a hardened decorative resinous composition which extends andadheres to the said fibrous surface.

4. A surface decoration on a fabric which decoration comprises a pressedsetting of a material selected from the noun consisting of as metal.synthetic resin. glass, wood and stifiened textile fabric, the saidsetting having at least one throughway to the fabric surface whichthroughway contains a hardened decorative resinous composition whichextends to and ad- 40 heres to the surface of the fabric,

HENRY PREIBERG.

